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 Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:54 pm |
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| sandranian |
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I think you are probably right, and appreciate the insight regarding riding in Australia.
Perhaps if Cadel didn't whine so much, they would let him into the club? Just an idea.... |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:10 pm |
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Noope, uh.......... that's not the criteria  |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:20 pm |
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Is the criteria something that that for joining a rugby, cricket or sailing club? NOK (not our kind)...
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:20 pm |
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| Partly. Cadel doesn't have to try very hard to make others look half-arsed. He is also just an up front honest guy who doesn't worry about being politically correct. he doesn't 'play the game' so to speak. We have a cultural thing here called tall poppy syndrome. Aust has a history of being very egalitarian ............... to a fault. That is, we don't tolerate those who rise above the pack, and we tear them down. Vastly different from US culture where you celebrate the great successes. ie. Bill Gates is a hero in the USA, while Rupert Murdoch is a villian here in Aust. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:59 pm |
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| verktyg |
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| Wisey wrote: |
| ...while Rupert Murdoch is a villian here in Aust. |
He's a villian to many here in the US too! 
The Japanese take that "tall poppy" concept to an extreme. Literally, "the high nail gets hammered down".
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:59 am |
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| sandranian |
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| The "tall poppy syndrome" seems to have a parrallel in almost every country except the USA. I think that is what sets this country apart from most others (that and the fact that we aren't steeped in history, which has its positive and negative sides as well). Exceptionalism is a good thing here, and being "poor" is looked upon normally as a personal defect, as opposed to a condition placed on someone by society. That is changing though, with the present administration and, it seems, the electorate. This is why you have such polarization now in the USA: There are two very different ways of looking at things. I could go on for a while on the topic, but won't bore y'all. Also, please don't read this a criticism of the Obama administration. I am trying to be objective about both sides of the issue (both have their pros and cons, like anything). |
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